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What does takeoff mean?
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takeoff

The takeoff is when an airplane moves from the ground into the air. Put on your seat belt to be ready for takeoff.

takeoff

a departure; especially of airplanes the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne (= parody) humorous or satirical mimicry (= parody) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

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Simple sentences

The airplane used a rocket motor to assist with takeoff.
Please fasten your seat belt during takeoff and landing.
I got to my plane five minutes before takeoff.

Movie subtitles

WE'LL MEET HERE 30 MINUTES BEFORE TAKEOFF TIME FOR FINAL INSTRUCTIONS.
TAKEOFF INSTRUCTIONS FOR FLIGHT OF 9 B-17s.
Come on, we'll sit in the radio compartment until after the takeoff then we'll get in the nose and get a nice view of the good old U.S.A.
Everything was ready for the takeoff, but he kept delaying the departure.
Number 12 okay for takeoff.
Want to come watch the takeoff?
Come on, we'll miss the takeoff.
It Must've followed us back to the ship, after we picked you up, climbed one of the fins just before takeoff and got in through the open emergency hatch in c compartment.
Prepare for takeoff!
You haven't spoken ten words since takeoff.
Prepare for emergency takeoff.
Quickly, prepare for takeoff.
The takeoff is just over 40.
Thunderbird 2 is ready for takeoff.
Tell pilot Jason takeoff is in two minutes. Yes, sir.
Clear the field for a takeoff.
Then he'll crash on the takeoff.
We'll be ready for takeoff in 20 minutes.
Not like you to get this crocked just before a takeoff.
I read someplace that Nungesser and Coli would drop the landing gear on the takeoff. They'll set her down on the water right in New York Harbor.
I guess the wind blew away my takeoff marker.
Well, that's a real fancy takeoff technique you got!
This schedule is a list of your takeoff and landings.
Ready, Professor? It's almost takeoff time.
For the takeoff.
Anderson, warm up your plane for a takeoff.
Along the road he slugged me, wet me down with Scotch, set me behind the wheel for a takeoff.
Fasten your safety belts and ready for takeoff.
Ridgefield Tower from Glass Jar 1-0, clear for takeoff?
They'll be safe here until the ship is ready for takeoff.
Prepare for takeoff.
Bow, ready for takeoff.
Mid-section, ready for takeoff.
Engine room, ready for takeoff.
Stern, ready for takeoff.

News and current affairs

The biggest hidden story in international development these days may be Brazil's economic takeoff.
Peasant farmers need the benefits of fertilizer, irrigation, and high-yield seeds, all of which were a core part of China's economic takeoff.
As incomes rise, categories reach a takeoff point where demand accelerates by 3-5 times.
Simply put, Islam - one of the world's great religions, practiced by nearly one-quarter of humanity - missed its development takeoff.
When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) among Mexico, Canada, and the United States entered into force on January 1, 1994, it seemed that Mexico was poised for a true takeoff.
Having missed their economic takeoff, many Muslim-majority countries appear open to the call of Islamist fundamentalism.
The economic takeoff of these two giants started 40 years ago with the introduction of higher agricultural output and an end to famines.
The resulting STOL (short takeoff and landing) performance could also improve airport productivity.
Libya has oil; and all three have a relatively moderate climate. But none experienced economic takeoff at independence.
If the Fed does not postpone rate increases until the global economic weather clears, it risks an aborted takeoff - the fate of many economies in the last few years.
Pegged exchange rates clearly have been essential to East Asia's economic takeoff, for they work well with the region's export-oriented development model.
Emerging countries tend to benefit from imported technologies in the early stages of economic takeoff, but their growth rates generally slow as they reach higher levels of development.
Compared with the region's mostly sluggish performance over the last three decades, this looks like takeoff velocity.
In the 1960's, as its economic takeoff was proceeding, Japan initiated a serious dialogue with regional players, aiming to build stronger relations with countries that it had once conquered and occupied.
Under such circumstances, it does not take much to lead to an aborted takeoff, or worse.
Together with new technologies enabling Super-Short Takeoff and Landing (superSTOL) a digital airspace would put safe, quiet, affordable, street-in-front-of-your-house personal air vehicles within sight.

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